Which Linux Dist

I'm thinking about downloading a linux dist. However I dont know which
one I should get. I'm not a programmer so If I have to put anything
together code wise forget it. I'm a pretty basic user....Which can I
download for free and put onto a cd-r...

"richk" <richrkjr@yahoo.com> wrote in
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> I'm thinking about downloading a linux dist. However I dont know
> which one I should get. I'm not a programmer so If I have to put
> anything together code wise forget it. I'm a pretty basic
> user....Which can I download for free and put onto a cd-r...
>
Mandriva is the most user-friendly.

--
Mike

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being repressed!
- Monty Python

On 15 Jan 2006 20:36:39 -0800, "richk" <richrkjr@yahoo.com> wrote:

>I'm thinking about downloading a linux dist. However I dont know which
>one I should get. I'm not a programmer so If I have to put anything
>together code wise forget it. I'm a pretty basic user....Which can I
>download for free and put onto a cd-r...

Redhat. No problem, hassle free installation.

DB

On 15 Jan 2006 20:36:39 -0800, richk wrote:

> I'm thinking about downloading a linux dist. However I dont know which
> one I should get. I'm not a programmer so If I have to put anything
> together code wise forget it. I'm a pretty basic user....Which can I
> download for free and put onto a cd-r...

http://www.ubuntu.com/

richk wrote on 16-1-2006:
> I'm thinking about downloading a linux dist. However I dont know
> which one I should get. I'm not a programmer so If I have to put
> anything together code wise forget it. I'm a pretty basic
> user....Which can I download for free and put onto a cd-r...

I Love (Novell) Linux SuSe but Ubuntu is also good.

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On Sun, 15 Jan 2006 20:36:39 -0800, richk wrote:

> I'm thinking about downloading a linux dist. However I dont know which
> one I should get. I'm not a programmer so If I have to put anything
> together code wise forget it. I'm a pretty basic user....Which can I
> download for free and put onto a cd-r...

The first linux distro that ever had the wow factor for me was Knoppix-

http://www.knoppix.com/

As good a place as any to start.

How about

Damn Small Linux (DSL)
http://damnsmalllinux.org/

DSL is a very versatile 50MB mini desktop oriented Linux distribution.

Damn Small is small enough and smart enough to do the following things:
- Boot from a business card CD as a live linux distribution (LiveCD)
- Boot from a USB pen drive
- Boot from within a host operating system (that's right,
it can run *inside* Windows)
- Run very nicely from an IDE Compact Flash drive via a method
we call "frugal install"
- Transform into a Debian OS with a traditional hard drive install
- Run light enough to power a 486DX with 16MB of Ram
- Run fully in RAM with as little as 128MB (you will be amazed at
how fast your computer can be!)
- Modularly grow -- DSL is highly extendable without the need to customize

Or

Puppy Linux
http://www.goosee.com/puppy/index.html

Mission Statement:
- Puppy will easily install to USB, Zip or hard drive media.
- Booting from CD, Puppy will load totally into RAM so that
the CD drive is then free for other purposes.
- Booting from CD, Puppy can save everything back to the CD,
no need for a hard drive.
- Booting from USB, Puppy will greatly minimise writes,
to extend the life of Flash devices indefinitely.
- Puppy will be extremely friendly for Linux newbies.
- Puppy will boot up and run extraordinarily fast.
- Puppy will have all the applications needed for daily use.
- Puppy will just work, no hassles.
- Puppy will breathe new life into old PCs




/CoMa

CoMa wrote:
> How about
>
> Damn Small Linux (DSL)
> http://damnsmalllinux.org/
>
> DSL is a very versatile 50MB mini desktop oriented Linux distribution.
>
> Damn Small is small enough and smart enough to do the following things:
> - Boot from a business card CD as a live linux distribution (LiveCD)
> - Boot from a USB pen drive
> - Boot from within a host operating system (that's right,
> it can run *inside* Windows)
> - Run very nicely from an IDE Compact Flash drive via a method
> we call "frugal install"
> - Transform into a Debian OS with a traditional hard drive install
> - Run light enough to power a 486DX with 16MB of Ram
> - Run fully in RAM with as little as 128MB (you will be amazed at
> how fast your computer can be!)
> - Modularly grow -- DSL is highly extendable without the need to customize
>

How do you get DSL to boot from within Windows?

John.

"nog" <me@privacy.net> wrote in message
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> On 15 Jan 2006 20:36:39 -0800, richk wrote:
>
>> I'm thinking about downloading a linux dist. However I dont know which
>> one I should get. I'm not a programmer so If I have to put anything
>> together code wise forget it. I'm a pretty basic user....Which can I
>> download for free and put onto a cd-r...
>
> http://www.ubuntu.com/

Seconded!

"richk" <richrkjr@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> I'm thinking about downloading a linux dist. However I dont know which
> one I should get. I'm not a programmer so If I have to put anything
> together code wise forget it. I'm a pretty basic user....Which can I
> download for free and put onto a cd-r...
>

My personal favourites, and you don't hear them mentioned often, are Vector
Linux Soho to install, and Kanotix as a live CD. The KDE based versions look
very nice, but the main criteria for me, after trying out about 25 different
flavours, was that they either instantly had sound set up and mounted my
windows partitions, or were very easy to adjust to that situation without
editing text files. It's not that I'm lazy, I just can't be arsed to ponce
about with stuff for hours and still not get what I want out of it.
HTH.

DG.